The Forestry and Value Chains Development Programme (FORVAC) is a 4-year (7/2018-6/2022) Programme funded by the Governments of Tanzania and Finland. The implementing agency of the programme is the Forest and Beekeeping Division (FBD) of the Ministry for Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT), in close cooperation with Tanzania Forest Service (TFS) and the President’s Office...Read More
The Kilombero Valley Teak Company Ltd. (KVTC) is a forestry company located in the Kilombero and Ulanga Districts of the Morogoro Region. The Company manages teak plantations and natural woodlands and processes timber in a factory located at Mavimba in the Ulanga District. KVTC Currently has one (1) vacancy for Young Foresters with between 1-3...Read More
The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for multi-year projects focused upon biodiversity data, knowledge and information services related to (1) freshwater biodiversity, (2) pollinator biodiversity, and (3) biodiversity informatics capacity development. The foundation will award about 1.6 million U.S. dollars among qualifying proposals by July 2020. Please write to jrsrfp@jrsbiodiversity.org...Read More
Kingdom’s Business Company limited (KCBL) is in the Process of Establishing a University in Mwanza City-Tanzania and one of required pre-requisite is to have the required caliber of academic staff. We hereby invites applications from suitable and qualified individuals from all over East Africa in the following vacant positions for the proposed University. Field of...Read More
Co-funding opportunity for collaborative projects targeting capacity enhancement and exchange to strengthen the GBIF network GBIF, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, supports actions to enhance the capacity of countries and partner organizations that contribute to and benefit from GBIF as an international open data infrastructure for biodiversity, supporting research and promoting evidence-based decisions affecting life...Read More
ARPPIS-DAAD PhD Scholarships for Study at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenya Three-Year Doctoral Training in...Read More
The Forestry and Value Chains Development Programme (FORVAC) is a 4-year (7/2018-6/2022) Programme funded by the Governments of Tanzania and Finland. The implementing agency of the programme is the Forest and Beekeeping Division (FBD) of the Ministry for Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT), in close cooperation with Tanzania Forest Service (TFS) and the President’s Office...Read More
Background For its annual plan of work 2019-2020, AFF plans to conduct studies to: identify and analyse the dynamism of key drivers responsible for forest cover loss; evaluate gender-based measures and initiatives taken by various stakeholders to contain forest cover loss; and identify and analyse viable alternative sources of livelihood with potential to contain forest...Read More
21.11.2019 In the field of Sustainability Science with a focus on „Environmental Justice in African Protected Areas“ at the Faculty of Sustainability Leuphana University of Lüneburg, foundation under public law, fosters the development of junior scientific staff. Therefore, the university offers one doctoral scholarship funded by the Robert Bosch foundation in the field of Sustainability Science...Read More
Background Forest management requires the execution of silvicultural practices in a forest while at the same time taking into account economic, social, ecological and cultural aspects. For this to happen, a plan is a prerequisite. This therefore makes planning an important component of sustainable forest management (SFM); for example, such plans help the resource owners...Read More
